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the puerto rican voters in new jersey, new york, connecticut, massachusetts are among the most liberal democratic voters there are. they voted for obama 80, 90%. they were with the most vocal democratic constituency of host to the war in iraq in 2003. they are just -- they are a very distinctive part of our political landscape. they are not krin to change. latino democrats and california it's just really hard to see where you get to republicans that hope to get more than 25 or 30% of that big chunk. in the rio grande from the in texas and in chicago in its suburbs. i think in cuba of the new dynamic has started opening travel to cuba has totally changed the game for the way the cubans think about it. so if you are talking about large chunks of this electorate that are solidly democratic and there's a solid base for so it has been and will continue to be about eight fairly small margin in the key places. >> i will duties as quickly as i can. i am still wondering what happened in november 2012. it's been a a two word answer to your question, joe biden which is a segue over to your questi
the puerto rican voters in new jersey, new york, connecticut, massachusetts are among the most liberal democratic voters there are. they voted for obama 80, 90%. they were with the most vocal democratic constituency of host to the war in iraq in 2003. they are just -- they are a very distinctive part of our political landscape. they are not krin to change. latino democrats and california it's just really hard to see where you get to republicans that hope to get more than 25 or 30% of that big...
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i worked in the private sector in new york and new jersey. one of the things i know there's a real potential here if we are avoiding future coasts, if we we are avoiding higher insurance costs or private sector cost in the future, there should be a way to captained lose the benefit in the -- capitalize the benefit in the future in to the private sector funding today. one of my principles in leading this, the federal government should be a leader, not the only leader, a leader in doing smart mitigation. we have to look to our participanter ins a the the state and local level. we need to look to the the private sector help leverage whatever funding with he provide to dot smart things. they'll be the beneficiaries as well if we avoid this kind of damage from happening again. >> and mr. fugate. >> yes, i think we show that in new jersey, new york, connecticut, other areas where we have used a flood insurance map programs to illustrate risk and homes were elevated, many of them had minimal damage and were able to be reoccupied when the power game
i worked in the private sector in new york and new jersey. one of the things i know there's a real potential here if we are avoiding future coasts, if we we are avoiding higher insurance costs or private sector cost in the future, there should be a way to captained lose the benefit in the -- capitalize the benefit in the future in to the private sector funding today. one of my principles in leading this, the federal government should be a leader, not the only leader, a leader in doing smart...
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the only information i have is new york. >> yes, this is something that new york has asked. we have made it available to other states that have individual assistance. what we are looking at is the people that could not take power. this is where the power has come back on, but they have water damage -- we are providing funds to do more for this. if you are familiar where the temporary roofs we do to try to get people back in their homes -- what things can we do just get the power turned back on so people can stay in their homes and not have a much greater cost the taxpayers. we are doing just enough to get the power back on. in some cases with the way the homes are built and also water heaters. we are just doing enough so they can get back in their home. they are probably still going to need help from other programs and volunteer programs like red cross. but this gets us back to the power company and hooks them up and they can stay in their home while they make a temporary housing. >> as applied to people living in temporary housing? >> to be honest, i do not think so. we are
the only information i have is new york. >> yes, this is something that new york has asked. we have made it available to other states that have individual assistance. what we are looking at is the people that could not take power. this is where the power has come back on, but they have water damage -- we are providing funds to do more for this. if you are familiar where the temporary roofs we do to try to get people back in their homes -- what things can we do just get the power turned...
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we had psychiatrists in new york available. school support teams. and i am now working in florida as is an adjunct professor at the college level. and my feeling is come, and i don't want to be too judgmental, but i think at the community college level and maybe colleges in general, i don't feel that the staff -- the counseling staff feels more or less the responsibility to really help these disturb students and they would assume the them leave or be dismissed or whatever. >> you are making an important point. looking back at the virginia tech shooting, which is the most deadly shooting. it was developed years ago [inaudible] will we worked on in congress is saying that if a student is a threat to themselves and other people, colleges were saying that we don't want to breach confidence by telling anyone about this. in many cases you have faculty administration aware that a student had a problem and didn't do anything about it. sadly, the most common aspect of violence can be suicide. but we worked to get wording and clarification. i'm not sure if it
we had psychiatrists in new york available. school support teams. and i am now working in florida as is an adjunct professor at the college level. and my feeling is come, and i don't want to be too judgmental, but i think at the community college level and maybe colleges in general, i don't feel that the staff -- the counseling staff feels more or less the responsibility to really help these disturb students and they would assume the them leave or be dismissed or whatever. >> you are...